Hail, Lyon
- When
- April 2, 4:57 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 5 mi NNW of Americus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -96.470
Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 5, 1999
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $313,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wabaunsee
- When
- April 2, 6:06 PM CST
- Where
- Wabaunsee County, 4 mi ESE of Paxico
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -96.100
Hail, Lyon
- When
- April 2, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 1 mi ESE of Emporia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.400, -96.170
Hail, Lyon
- When
- April 2, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 3 mi NE of Emporia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.430, -96.150
Severe thunderstorms moved southeast across east central Kansas during the early evening hours and produced several reports of large hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- April 5, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Morris County, Dunlap
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.580, -96.370
High Wind, Lyon
- When
- April 5, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.456, -96.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong gradient winds overturned a trailer and mini-van on Interstate 35 near Emporia.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- April 5, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Blue Rapids
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -96.670
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- April 5, 12:30 PM CST to 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Marysville to 3 mi S of Oketo
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Property damage
- $60,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -96.620
A small tornado moved north from near Marysville to near Oketo damaging several farm homes and out buildings.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- April 5, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, 4 mi E of Marysville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -96.570
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a hog shed and several feeders.
Tornado, Nemaha
- When
- April 5, 12:49 PM CST to 12:52 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County, Seneca to 4 mi WNW of Seneca
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 80 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -96.150
A small tornado struck near Seneca and damaged a few farm homes and out buildings. One person was injured.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- April 5, 12:55 PM CST to 1:02 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Fairview to 3 mi E of Fairview
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -95.730
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 2 to 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Kansas, 1999Warnings in Kansas, April 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5686916, 5686917, 5686918, 5686919, 5686920, 5686921, 5686922, 5686923, 5686924, 5686925, 5686926.